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Elon Musk speaks as one of his young sons and President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersAs Elon Musk continues to look for ways to cut federal spending through the Department of Government Efficiency, he has raised questions as to just how long some Social Security beneficiaries have been receiving payments.With a “cursory examination” of Social Security, “we’ve got people in there that are 150 years old now,” Musk said during a Feb. 11 CNN interview.In recent days, he re-upped those claims on social media platform…
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said it has uncovered that the U.S. government currently has more than 4 million active credit cards on its books.”The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend[ing] in FY24,” DOGE said in a post on X on Tuesday. Attached to the post was a breakdown of multiple federal agencies and their credit card use, with the Department of Defense leading the way in both the number of transactions (about 27.2 million), and number of individual accounts (roughly 2.4 million).TRUMP ISSUES WARNING ABOUT WASTEFUL SPENDING, ORDERS…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk reiterated claims in a televised interview that NASA astronauts were “abandoned” on the International Space Station for political reasons, an allegation that appears unsupported by evidence.In a joint interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity broadcast Feb. 18, Hannity noted plans by Musk’s company “to help rescue next month two astronauts that I think were abandoned” on the ISS. That is a reference to NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the ISS since June on the flawed Crew Flight Test mission of Boeing’s CST-100…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Dogecoin has once again dipped into oversold territory on its 4-hour chart on Tuesday, marking the most pronounced level of selling pressure since the sudden capitulation on February 3. During that episode, the price plunged to around $0.20 before rebounding by 45% within the same trading day—a move that underscored how quickly Dogecoin can rally from oversold conditions. Dogecoin Price Plunges Into Oversold Zone In an analysis today, crypto Analyst Cas Abbé (@cas_abbe) highlights an RSI reading that has dipped to 30 on Tuesday, indicating that selling pressure may be nearing its limit.…
Hims & Hers Health announced Wednesday it has acquired New Jersey-based at-home lab testing facility Trybe Labs.The deal will allow the telehealth company to offer at-home blood draws and more comprehensive pre-treatment testing to its users.”Access to richer data allows us to deepen the insights that providers can use on our platform to guide their clinical decisions for each individual patient,” said Dr. Patrick Carroll, Hims & Hers chief medical officer.”At-home lab testing is one more exciting step towards elevating the personal, comprehensive care customers in this country should expect,” Carroll added.Hims did not disclose terms of the deal, but…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
A JetBlue plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Jan. 03, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways is talking with “multiple airlines” about a potential new partnership after federal judges struck down two previous deals, the carrier’s president said Wednesday.”If we find a deal that’s accretive, we’ll absolutely do it,” JetBlue’s president, Marty St. George, said at a Barclays industry conference.A federal judge in 2023 ruled the New York airline’s partnership in the Northeast with American Airlines was anticompetitive, while a different judge last year blocked JetBlue’s plan to acquire budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year.JetBlue…
Nearly everyone agrees that the federal government has become this bloated monster that needs to be cut down to size.The massive bureaucracy, attacked by some as evil, is absurdly overstaffed and wastes massive amounts of money.What President Trump is doing in trying to shrink the size of government is popular – even if his billionaire budget-slasher, Elon Musk, is not – and many of the court battles are likely to be resolved in his favor.But the equation is turned on its head when actual people feel the impact. And the media start highlighting sad cases of devastated folks. And Republican…
Google teased several new artificial intelligence (AI) features to Gemini Advanced subscribers on Tuesday. As per the report, these features include an AI video generation tool as well as agentic tools. However, there is no news on when these features could be shipped to users. Meanwhile, the Mountain View-based tech giant is said to be rolling out the Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental and the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI models to paid subscribers. While adding the new models, the company has also removed the older 1.5 Pro and Flash models from the AI apps.Gemini Advanced Users Reportedly Teased New FeaturesAccording…